The Blackies Hill Claims is a manganese mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 40.45417, -122.74528
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Blackies Hill Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blackies Hill Claims
Secondary: Nigger Hill Claims
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kuppinger And Pinkham
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1974
Owner Name: Glen Murphy
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1974
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Year: 1942
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE 10 TO 45 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Rhodonite
Comments
Comment (Location): Located In W 1/2 E 1/2 Section 14 , And W 1/2 Section 14
Comment (Geology): Geol.Desc: Manganese Ore Occurs In Series Of Beds Or Lenses Of Fine Grained Quartzite Or Quartz Schist (Meta Chert) Which Is Enclosed In A Quartz Rich Quartz Muscovite Biotite Schist. These Units Are Cut By 3 To 4 Inch Thick Quartz Veins. Mangani Ferous Chert Beds And Enclosing Schists At Main Working Strike N 45 To 70 W, Dip 40 To 50 N. E., And Are Offset By Faulting In Places. Ore Is Mainly Psilomelane And Pyrolusite, With Red Mon Oxide Stains And Patches Of Quartzose Material Of Meta Chert. Partially Oxidized Pink Rhodonite Is Exposed In One Outcrop, And Is Probably The Main Primary Mineral.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. Bulletin 152 1950 Pp. 266 - 267
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. Bulletin 125 1943 P. 182
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